Thousands of Black Panther fans are petitioning Marvel to recast Chadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa in the upcoming Black Panther sequel. The petition, which has been posted on Change.org, has more than 22,000 of the 25,000 signatures the petition is asking for. “This is a call for the President of Marvel …
Read More »Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) A Colorado judge has resigned after telling her colleagues “all lives matter” and repeatedly using the n-word, among other instances of inappropriate comments. According to the Washington Post, Colorado District Judge Natalie T. Chase agreed to step aside after a Colorado Supreme Court censured her based on …
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In an attempt to mitigate my own discomfort, I’ve tried to find an episode that feels more helpful than sensational. I haven’t quite found one. Instead, I’ve found Laura from Season 3, a 47-year-old writer with Stage 4 colon cancer. Her husband, Wayne, a psychologist, has stood by her for …
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A Texas school board faced a lawsuit after issuing an in-school suspension to an 11-year-old boy who came to class with braided hair in honor of his Black heritage. Hope Cozart said her son, Maddox, spent more than a week isolated in a cubicle at Raymond Mays Middle School, part …
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A seven-year-old first-grader at a Michigan school was traumatized after a white teacher cut her hair. According to The Black Wall Street Times, Jurnee Hoffmeyer, who is biracial, came home from Ganiard Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, on March 26 with her golden coils whacked off to her scalp. …
Read More »Dr. David Fowler testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.Photo: Court TV (AP) On Wednesday, …
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During a virtual sit down on Friday (April 16), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joined Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett for “A Conversation Between Legends,” and spoke about the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine. The basketball legend and Dr. Corbett, the scientific lead of the Vaccine Research Center’s coronavirus team at the U.S. National …
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is in the hot seat as calls for action against community policing grow. According to CBS News, A Chicago activist has criticized Lightfoot’s response to police accountability in her delayed release of bodycam footage that revealed a cop fatally shooting thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo in the Little …
Read More »Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) Ted Cruz, the Texas senator with the Dollar Store version of Wolverine’s facial hair, must have left the part of him that even bothers hiding his hypocrisy in Cancun when he went on his short-lived vacation from being a piss-poor elected official earlier this year. …
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R. Kelly is slated to trade a jail cell in Chicago for one in New York City. On Thursday (April 15), a federal judge gave the green light to relocate the R&B singer in preparation for his trial this summer on alleged sex-trafficking crimes. The case, which has faced several …
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